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Please remember that the graces and Plenary Indulgence attached to Divine Mercy Sunday is obtainable even during this time of Coronavirus. Click the article title to find out how you can obtain the plenary indulgence.

During this "Year of St. Joseph," our parish is planning to make a group consecration to the great Patriarch on Saturday, May 1, the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. A 33-day period of preparation will precede the consecration. Click the article title for more information.

As part of the Year of Saint Joseph called for by Pope Francis, the National Shrine of St. Joseph will host a virtual conference and rededicate the saint’s statue. The event takes place on March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, and includes a day of prayer and talks from Catholic leaders. Click the article title for more information.

During this Year of St. Joseph, we shall have a lamp burning weekly before his image in both churches. Anyone who wishes to dedicate this votive lamp for a deceased loved one or another special intention, please contact the parish office. For more information, click the article title.

Click the article title to see this week's meditation from the book "Joseph the Silent" by Michel Gasnier, O.P.

Saturday, October 31, was a day of great joy for the Knights of Columbus throughout the world as their founder, Fr. Michael McGivney, was proclaimed a “Blessed” by Pope Francis. We offer our felicitations to the Hamilton Council of the Knights on this auspicious occasion and pray that the new “Beatus” will ever intercede for their members and for all their undertakings. Click the article title for more information.

At the First Friday Mass on November 6, Blessed Carlo Acutis was installed as the co-patron of Our Lady of Sorrows School. Click the article title for more information.

Now that Blessed Carlo Acutis is the co-patron of our school, it's time to get to know him. He was a young millennial, who loved Jesus and brought others to the faith, even though he died at age 15! Click the article title for a link to a page with more information about him.

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. will be the principal celebrant and homilist of a Mass to celebrate the beatification of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. Click the article title for more information and a link to the live streaming of the Mass.

Marco Pontecorvo’s Fátima is now available for viewing online, and in theaters (when they open). Click the article title for a link to the movie's official website, with a list of online sources where you can find the movie.

Join us in prayer for our nation, from August 15 through October 7. Our nation is in desperate need of prayer, as all Catholics can agree. This is your chance to join a huge undertaking, from the comfort of your own home, in your own time. Click the article title for more information.

Saint Valentine is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love." For more information, click the article title.

Check out Formed, an online subscription offered to you for free from our parish. Click the article title to find a link to more information.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 26. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week, there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

Check out the news article on the Trenton Rally for Life in front of the State House, held on January 22. Click the article title for a link to the article.

The OLS-SA Rosary Altar Society invites you to join us on Wednesday, April 29, for a trip to the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster to see the play "Queen Esther". Click the article title for more information.

The Diocese of Trenton is sponsoring a pilgrimage to Poland and Prague: In the Footsteps of Saint John Paul II, on April 29 - May 8 of 2020. Click the article title for more information.

This Wednesday, May 22, is the Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia. This 14th Century woman of the Umbria Region of Italy, is the Patron of Christian Mothers and Saint of the Impossible.